Features
Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
Tony Mason - NYC Pocket Master
New York native Tony Mason, one of NYC’s most in-demand drummers, has a reputation built on his fierce backbeat, soulful timing, and undeniable groove. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Karl Brazil
He’s a pop hitmaker with a rock ‘n’ roll heart. But a song is a song, and this is one drummer who knows what to do with a song. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Jeff Hamilton
His early obsession with jazz might have been out of step with the rock ’n’ roll dreams of most kids his age. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Charlie Benante: Beyond Speed
Alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer, Anthrax is part of the “Big Four” architects of thrash metal, and the band is a monolith in the metal genre in general. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Aaron Comess
It’s been twenty years since the Spin Doctors embedded themselves in the recesses of our ears with hits like “Two Princes,” “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong,” and “Jimmy Olsen’s Blues.” Turns out those gloriously grooving performances represent but one side…
Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart
In the mid-’80s, Hüsker Dü fused hardcore punk with bittersweet pop, setting the table for an entire generation of angst-ridden alterna-rockers. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Dennis Chambers: Multidimensional Rhythmic Warrior
By merging elements of funk, fusion, R&B, and jazz into a daunting style that rides magically on a carpet of stunning power and technical exhilaration, Dennis Chambers has become one of the most important and influential drummers of the post-fusion…
Gregg Bissonette
Sure, he can floor you with chops. And his lightning-fast ability to understand and play exactly what the song needs is legendary. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Dan Weiss
Oh, he knows his jazz history, and his rock as well. But by immersing himself in concepts far afield of traditional Western drumset approaches, TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Omar Tavarez
Miami is the quintessential melting-pot city, where no one blinks when a country-hip-hop ditty like Pitbull’s “Timber” tops the charts. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Aric Improta
It’s all in the work. When Night Verses’ firebrand isn’t touring the world, he and his bandmates are holed away for hours and hours, refining, improving, TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Alice Cooper's Glen Sobel
Watching the versatile and dynamic Glen Sobel perform with shock-rock legend Alice Cooper is like attending a clinic on how to do everything right as a great live rock drummer. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Jonathan Joseph
Guitar god Jeff Beck didn’t get where he is by keeping his drummers in the shadows. Quite the opposite—few leaders enjoy having a fire lit under them as much as Beck does. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS…
Elliot Jacobson
The Brooklyn-based drummer has made himself indispensible to hitmakers like Ingrid Michaelson by getting deep into TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
